Maisey as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maisey

What is the meaning of the name Maisey ?

The baby name Maisey is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAY-see (IPA: /ˈmeɪzi/).

Maisey is Scottish in Origin.

Maisey is an English spelling variant of Maisie, a pet form of Margaret that developed in Scotland. Margaret derives from Latin Margarita, from Greek margarites, meaning “pearl”; in Scottish Gaelic the cognate is Mairead, which also feeds into the nickname stream. The -ey ending of Maisey mirrors other affectionate diminutives in English and gives the name a soft, vintage feel.

Used in Scotland and England since the 18th–19th centuries as a familiar name, it later stood alone on birth records. Literary visibility comes from Henry James’s What Maisie Knew, and the name’s revival in late-20th and early-21st-century Britain has boosted broader Anglophone use; in the United States, Maisey remains rarer than Maisie. Variant forms include Maisie, Maisy, Mazie, Maizie, Maysie, and Masie; related international forms of Margaret include Mairead, Greta, Gretchen, Margot, and Megan. Across these, the core meaning stays “pearl.”